Local Waters

← Around Maupin

Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Square Lake (Santiam Pass)

Sisters, OR · about 2 hours from Maupin (typical, off-peak)

The 50-in-90 hike-in brook-trout lake under Three Fingered Jack.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Season
Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
License
Oregon angling license (ODFW)
Park
USFS Santiam Sno-Park / Pacific Crest Trailhead on Hwy 20 at Santiam Pass. Forest Pass / sno-park permit in winter. About 2 miles on trail to the lake. Wilderness permit in season.
Walk in
About 2 miles from the pass lot to Square Lake.
Wading
Wilderness lake bank. Snow into July some years.
Usual window
After the pass melts. Confirm ODFW and wilderness permit.
Saturday conditions

N 7 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
🌧️ 72° rain
Sun and moon
Rise 9:17 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:03
Wind at dawn
N 7 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers · 64°F
Wind later
  • dawn: N 7 mph
  • 10am: NE 9 mph
  • 2pm: NE 9 mph
  • dusk: NE 6 mph
Next dawn (Sunday)
NE 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go. · NE 2 mph
A setup that belongs here
4-wt, attractor dries.
Notes
ODFW 50-in-90 Bend hike-in list. Named USFS trailhead. Confirm ODFW.

Overnight plan: Saturday evening and Sunday dawn. Book two nights if you want the morning. Drive time is to the stay, then a few minutes to the water.

Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

N 7 mph · Slight Chance Rain Showers

How did it go

Shops

The Fly Fisher's Place

151 W Main Ave, Sisters, OR 97759
Call — high-desert hours

Metolius, Crooked, Cascade Lakes. The Sisters desk.

Call Website

The Patient Angler

50 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
Call

Bend trout desk. Cascade Lakes and the in-town Deschutes.

Call Website

Fly and Field Outfitters

35 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend, OR 97703
Call

Bend shop. Stillwater and river.

Call Website

Stay

Hand-checked, not a hotel scrape. Check dates on their site. Default two nights.

Riverside Campground (Camp Sherman)

Campground · 2 min to the water · Summer — Recreation.gov

On the Metolius. Northwest Forest Pass / reservation in season.

Dogs: Yes, on leash — confirm USFS

Check dates

Best Western Ponderosa Lodge

Motel · 20 min to the water · Year-round

Indoor bed in Sisters. Camp Sherman is a short dawn drive.

Dogs: Ask

Check dates Call

Cabins and rentals (you leave Local Waters):

Cabins on Airbnb Cabins on Vrbo

Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.

If this isn’t the day